Aus dem Leben der Marionetten (1980)
Genre: Drama
Duration: 104 minuten
Alternative titles: From the Life of the Marionettes / Uit het Leven van Marionetten / Ur Marionetternas Liv
Country:
West Germany / Sweden
Directed by: Ingmar Bergman
Stars: Robert Atzorn, Christine Buchegger and Rita Russek
IMDb score:
7,2 (5.167)
Releasedate: 8 October 1980
Aus dem Leben der Marionetten plot
"The Woman He's About to Touch is a Dream. The Murder He's About to Commit is Not."
The story of Katarina and Peter Egermann, a quarreling and childless couple. Peter commits a brutal crime in the first scene. What led him to that incredibly brutal and apparently irrational act? In a non-chronological rendering, Bergman delves into the psyche of a frustrated man with flashbacks.
Actors and actresses
Peter Egerman
Katarina Egerman
Mogensjensen
Katharina Krafft
Cordelia Egerman
Tim Mandelbaum
Arthur Brenner
Untersuchungsrichter
Frau Anders
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Reviews & comments
dutchtuga
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- 16970 messages
- 4101 votes
A very disappointing Bergman. This one lacks everything the better Bergmans have. The biggest shortcomings are character development and credible dialogue. I couldn't care less about what was being said, and when the characters don't do anything for me, that doesn't really help. The last 20 minutes are okay, but then the ending is a bit weak. Bergman was going through a difficult period in his life, and that didn't do his creativity any favors. 2.5*
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wendyvortex
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- 5196 messages
- 7279 votes
The 1980s were a time of nihilism and doom-mongering. And this is a Bergman film that clearly comes from that era.
Partly because the film is in German, it sometimes seems more Fassbinder than Bergman.
But the film works. Perhaps a bit pretentious (I'd recommend it, by the way), but annoying? Absolutely not. Moreover, the acting is fantastic and the visuals are stunning. The dream scenes reminded me a bit of nude photos of John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
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mister blonde
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- 12709 messages
- 5848 votes
What a load of rubbish. And that passage from his biography has absolutely nothing to do with this film. Moreover, a difficult period in his life artistically didn't necessarily mean things were going downhill, especially not for someone like Bergman. He wasn't going through a down period at all. Just before this, he made Autumn Sonata, which is considered one of his better films, and right after that, Fanny och Alexander, which some consider his best. Also, for the life of me, I don't understand how Dutchtuga could lack character development. The film is nothing more than character development. The main character commits a horrific act, and then we spend over an hour and a half exploring how the character developed in the weeks before and after that act. It's thoroughly dissected how everything possibly came about, and, as the synopsis above suggests, we delve into the man's psyche, analyzing his character and the influences of his environment. I think you can hardly go any further in terms of character development in film. Personally, I thought it was quite successful.
I found the strong beginning and ending particularly fitting, with Bergman at his best. Everything in between is also good, thanks to the well-developed characters. I was reminded of Haneke's later work, Bresson's L'Argent, and perhaps Fassbinder's as well. Perhaps not as strong as his best work overall, but not by much. 4 stars.
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